The Psychedelic Music of Glastonbury

[mattiloy]

King Gizzard, Goat, Toy, Gaslamp Killer Experience is a bit weird - have a listen to them.

There's a real dearth of quality rock'n'roll this year. Too much candy-ass shite like Foo Fighters, Vaccines, Peace etc.

Agreed.

I wouldn't even mind that much that the headliners and the main stage is so dominated by poppy girly dancey rubbish but they're not even giving much of a go lower down the bill.

I know times have changed from the days of yore and decent music is rare as rocking horse shit in the charts having long since been replaced by 'rudimental' and what have you but glastonbury is such a big deal that it has the power to be a taste-maker and a trendsetter, it doesn't need to do what radio 1 tells it to and lets be honest, watching some guy on doing samples on a synth just isn't as fun when all said and done*.

*Neither is being told to bounce or wave your hands in the air like you just don't care.

Edited June 11, 2015 by mattiloy

[majormajormajor]

Agree with that. All about Parquet Courts last year!

Parquet Courts are comfortably the best guitar band around IMO. Theyre prolific and always great. They were awesome last year too.

[majormajormajor]

Toy are very loud and pretty psych too, worth a look.

[majormajormajor]

Agreed.

I wouldn't even mind that much that the headliners and the main stage is so dominated by poppy girly dancey rubbish but they're not even giving much of a go lower down the bill.

I know times have changed from the days of yore and decent music is rare as rocking horse shit in the charts having long since been replaced by 'rudimental' and what have you but glastonbury is such a big deal that it has the power to be a taste-maker and a trendsetter, it doesn't need to do what radio 1 tells it to and lets be honest, watching some guy on doing samples on a synth just isn't as fun when all said and done*.

*Neither is being told to bounce or wave your hands in the air like you just don't care.

I agree for the most part. I don't mind synth, but it seems even compared to last year it's a really commercial line-up. Very Radio 1 oriented, which is a shame. They have shunted everything that isn't MOR out to the Park - not the worst thing in itself, but where are the quality bigger acts that actually have some credibility?

Catfish and the Bottlemen? Please.

[majormajormajor]

gaslamp killer, he's great

Edited June 12, 2015 by majormajormajor

[Tuna]

Really enjoying Jane Weaver, worth checking out. Playing a couple of sets too

[big__phil]

gaslamp killer, he's great

I just could not get into the Gaslamp Killer record at all. Has he released anything recently?

Really enjoying Jane Weaver, worth checking out. Playing a couple of sets too

Heard a track on 6Music last night, and really enjoyed it!

[big__phil]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/12/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-we-should-have-started-a-taxi-service

[pentura]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/12/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-we-should-have-started-a-taxi-service

Nice read! I'm really looking forward to them

[The 38 year old virgin]

Had a right old king giz-a-thon today. New release sounds ace. Gonna try and catch all their sets. Keep up the good work fellas

[Mark-Sharon]

Anyone know what The Zombies are like these days? Oracle & Odyssey is one of my favourite albums but that was a while back and haven't heard much of them since.

Can't wait for King Gizzard, loving 'God is in the Rhythm' if you haven't heard it already. Playing twice just in case you sleep through the first one too

[The Nal]

Anyone know what The Zombies are like these days?

 

Sounded great!

 

Colin Bluntstone looks like a smiling maniac. In the sort of David Lee Roth way. Except Bluntstone is more likely to appear in the newspaper with "before turning the gun on himself" written somewhere under his picture.

Edited July 1, 2015 by The Nal

[majormajormajor]

Saw King Gizzard last night in London. Small, sweaty Scala.

Fucken awesome, can't think of any other way to describe it. That groove they lay down and don't leave for the entire set, what a rhythm section!

[Brave Sir Robin]

Saw King Gizzard last night in London. Small, sweaty Scala.

Fucken awesome, can't think of any other way to describe it. That groove they lay down and don't leave for the entire set, what a rhythm section!

They were awesome at both Park & Williams Green. So much so I nearly went and saw them at the Crow's Nest as well!

[5co77ie]

Sounded great!

 

Colin Bluntstone looks like a smiling maniac. In the sort of David Lee Roth way. Except Bluntstone is more likely to appear in the newspaper with "before turning the gun on himself" written somewhere under his picture.

really? I had to walk away

[midnight]

They were awesome at both Park & Williams Green. So much so I nearly went and saw them at the Crow's Nest as well!

 

They played 3 times? Sheesh, now I'm even more annoyed with myself for missing them.

[big__phil]

New King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard LP coming in November. Also their website turns your cursor into a lizzard, which is nice.

 

My dream is a Pond -> King Gizz -> Tame Impala run somehow next year. It probably won't happen, but that's the dream.

[Johnny Appleseed]

I seem to remember this topic was a good one at turning me onto a few psych bands playing that maybe I hadn't heard of before so would have missed otherwise. 

Only recently been turned onto Night Beats despite being told apparently I saw them at Levitation festival in Austin!

What about any others?

[mungo57]

36 minutes ago, Johnny Appleseed said:

I seem to remember this topic was a good one at turning me onto a few psych bands playing that maybe I hadn't heard of before so would have missed otherwise. 

Only recently been turned onto Night Beats despite being told apparently I saw them at Levitation festival in Austin!

What about any others?

Look no further than Ozric Tentacles on the Glade stage Saturday afternoon. Instrumental psychedelic/progressive rock music. They have a 90 minute set too, from memory.

They are one of them bands where it all blends into one of you get me so individual tracks are hard to recommend but have a go at their album Jurassic Shift. Pure class. I will be down the front with a spliff and a cider or 3 wearing a straw hat. Should be ace!

Also Tame Impala on the Pyramid Saturday sub but they are more mainstream - still elements of psychedelia though but I assume you know them.

[alframsey]

I just started a thread hoping to get some recommendations, then I saw this. I'll definitely be catching Tame Impala and White Denim who have some elements of psych rock,. I'll give that Ozric Tentacles a listen now too.

[mungo57]

Just now, alframsey said:

I just started a thread hoping to get some recommendations, then I saw this. I'll definitely be catching Tame Impala and White Denim who have some elements of psych rock,. I'll give that Ozric Tentacles a listen now too.

Good lad. Ozrics for the win.

[NoBallGames]

35 minutes ago, mungo57 said:

Look no further than Ozric Tentacles on the Glade stage Saturday afternoon. Instrumental psychedelic/progressive rock music. They have a 90 minute set too, from memory.

They are one of them bands where it all blends into one of you get me so individual tracks are hard to recommend but have a go at their album Jurassic Shift. Pure class. I will be down the front with a spliff and a cider or 3 wearing a straw hat. Should be ace!

Also Tame Impala on the Pyramid Saturday sub but they are more mainstream - still elements of psychedelia though but I assume you know them.

I really appreciate this. I was literally searching for some Pych rock especially after no Flaming Lips added when the poster dropped today. 

[When Jokers Attack]

This is the thread I need, been great in previous years.

[dentalplan]

Doesn't seem to be that much. I can only add Jagwar Ma, YAK, Inheaven and Syd Arthur to the already mentioned ones, and a couple of those are a stretch.

Edited May 31, 2016 by dentalplan

[alframsey]

Cheers to both of you for the suggestion of both Ozric and Night Beats, I'll definitely be catching them.